GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |